The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1887-08-05
THE ADMINISTRATION AND THE OLD
SOLDIERS.

The continued attacks npen Prssi
dent Cleveland and Pension Commits
sioner Black 10 The alleged behalf Of th
old soldiers bJ certain Republican pa
pers has led to the investigation Of sh
charges made If Discrimination agains
the veterans by the present adminislsa
tiou. Tho result ID shown Ia the fol
lowing statement by Washington cor
respondent
The pension bureau has prepared
statissics relating 10 the number OF pen
sion bills signed by President Gran
aud his successors in Office that will
prove interestine 10 Grand Army mer
aud others. From this statemsnt II ap
PEARS that during Grants frat aduinis.
tiAtion 32l special acts were approved
and during bis second Isl President
| uayca Appfossd SOB special aces, ana
President Arthur &c. In the first I've
years OF President Cleyoland's adminis-
Eration he approved 826, or 275 per
cent more than during Grants flrst
tesm. 80 per cent more than during
GRATIS second term, and nearly doubts
the number, or 100 per coat more than
In Grants Two terms. President Ciaye.
land has approved l63 per sent more
than Hayes, and over II per cent more
than Garfield and Arthur combined.
As still farther manifestation Of the
attitude Of the present democratic adj
ministralion toward the union soldiers.
the pay-rolls Of the pension office alone,
bureau more closely connected with
the soidiers Of the couatfy than aaY
other, show that oat of ,53l employees,
63i. or So per cent, ara eishrr soldiers
or sailors widows, sons or daughters,
while only 700 are civilians, moss Of
whom occupy The minor positions, a.
messengers, watchtnen, etc. Three
hundred and seventy soldiers or their
kindred occupy the higher positions,
payinR 81 200 aud upward, against 292
civilian, difference ia favor OF The
soldiers Of nearly 81 per cent.
In refetencs u the appointments
made by Commissioner Biaek IL ap-
pears by the same statement that ous
Of 4l6 appointments made from March
18th, 1885, - Juns SOFA. 1887. $50
wers solliera or soldiers kiaire,l aud
lse were civilians, a net differences In
favor Of ths soldiee sf A, or nesrly -
per cant. Fifteen ont Of The ls Uaited
States pension agenss secs.vipg = salafy
Of 1000 per annnm each sro among
the number Of ex- -Union soldiers ap-
pointed. aud one l. The widow uf brave
Gen. Mulligan, whose fAme IL ,s~oc;atad
with the battle Of Lexington, Mo. Tne
only two who held over from Ifeviaus
administrations are distingaised sx-
Union soldiers Who have beea sevseely
wounded. Gen. Black has appointed %
ex- MON soldiers in excess of Tho total
numter dropped from the roll BY death.
discharge, resignation, or other wise, snd
this. with $50 employees less than on
the rolls during the laat fiscal year oi
the previous administration. would make
q net differences in their favor of l79,
which, upon the basis Of the total num-
Der upon the pay-rolls the Las. fiscal
year, would leave at present almost | 2
per cent more soldiers, sailors, OF their
widows aud kindred than ware ever
upon its payroll 10 the history OF tie
olzca. OF course, the Republican pa
pers viii not print this report, Int viii
continue tc alluds to Cleveland as tho
veterans enemy aud TO Gen. Black as
the Benedict Arnold Of tho Grand
Army. They cannot be blamed very
much, for having no isJne. they must
say something.